“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than to stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people.”

When I first read the title of this book, I thought it was the biography of a person from ancient times. However, to say the book surprised me would be an understatement. This book is a unique piece of fiction and I have never come across anything like it. It tells us the story of a teenage girl entering her sophomore year in boarding school who is struggling to find her identity and be accepted into the popular social groups.
Having previously been known by her sister Zada’s reference, Frankie tries to break out of that mould and form her own identity at her boarding school. The narrative of the book makes it even more interesting as Lockhart is almost telling the story herself in both first person and third person.
The book steers the reader through Frankie’s transformation from a geeky girl who attends Debate Club and is her father’s ‘Bunny Rabbit’ to a girl who is the mastermind behind the pranks being carried out by the Loyal Order of Basset Hounds (an all male college society).
This book had me gripped as the mischiefs that Frankie carries out aren’t your usual just-having-a-laugh type of jokes. Lockhart has managed to keep the reader intrigued as to what will happen when Frankie finally comes clean about her tricks. 
This book was recommended to me by a teacher. Recommended is actually a nice way of putting it as it was literally thrust into my hands and I was told to simply ‘read it’. But I am glad that I took the time to indulge myself in reading something apart from a textbook because it was such a brilliant read.
The quote that I have used at the beginning is what the book finishes on. And that’s what made me like the book even more; this book is all about individuality and being able to stand up for what you believe in and although these concepts are brought across in an indirect manner, they play an integral part of the narrative.
Light-hearted but incredibly well written with just the right amount of plot twists, this book was the best way to kick-off my post exams holiday period and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good book to read.